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Depression
Supportive relationships help women more than men
February 24th, 2005
Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have found that women who feel more loved and supported by their friends, relatives and children are less at risk for major depression than men, suggesting important gender differences in the pathways leading to depression. In the February 2005 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, the VCU researchers report that among approximately 1000 adult, opposite-sex, fraternal twin pairs, the female twins reported significantly higher levels of global social support than their twin brothers. The women were more sensitive than the men to the depressongenic effects of low levels of social support, particularly from the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-02-24)
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